Eileen Farrell |

Eileen Farrell

ʻOiai ʻo kāna ʻoihana ma ke poʻo o ka Olympus operatic he pōkole wale nō, ua manaʻo ʻia ʻo Eileen Farrell e nā poʻe he nui kekahi o nā sopranos koʻikoʻi o kona manawa. Ua hauʻoli ka mea mele i kāna pilina me ka ʻoihana hoʻopaʻa leo: ua hoʻopaʻa ʻo ia i kekahi mau papahana solo (me nā mele "māmā"), ua komo i nā hoʻopaʻa ʻana o nā opera holoʻokoʻa, he lanakila nui.

I kekahi manawa, ua ʻōlelo ʻia e ka mea hoʻokani mele no ka New York Post (i ka makahiki 1966) no ka leo o Farrell ma kēia mau ʻōlelo hoihoi: “[kona leo] … ua kani ʻo ia me he leo pū, me he mea lā ua ʻike ʻia ka ʻānela ahi ʻo Gabriel e haʻi i ka hiki ʻana mai o ka millennium hou.

ʻOiaʻiʻo, he diva opera ʻokoʻa ʻo ia ma nā ʻano he nui. A ʻaʻole wale no kona manaʻo manuahi i nā mea mele like ʻole e like me ka opera, jazz, a me nā mele kaulana, akā ma ke ʻano hoʻi i alakaʻi ʻo ia i ke ʻano ola maʻamau o kahi kanaka maʻalahi, ʻaʻole ia he primadona. Ua male ʻo ia i kahi mākaʻi o New York, a hōʻole mālie i nā ʻaelike inā pono ʻo ia e hana mamao mai kona ʻohana - kāna kāne, kāna keikikāne a me kāna kaikamahine.

Ua hānau ʻia ʻo Eileen Farrell ma Willimantic, Connecticut, i ka makahiki 1920. ʻO kona mau mākua he poʻe mele mele-actor. Ua alakaʻi ʻia ʻo Eileen e lilo i mea hoʻokani lekiō maʻamau i ka makahiki 20. ʻO kekahi o kāna mau mea mahalo ʻo kāna kāne i ka wā e hiki mai ana.

Ua ʻike ʻia e ka lehulehu ākea ma o ka lekiō a me ke kīwī, ua hoʻomaka ʻo Eileen Farrell i kāna hana hoʻomaka ma ke kahua opera o Kapalakiko ma 1956 (ke poʻo inoa ma Cherubini's Medea).

ʻAʻole makemake ʻo Rudolf Bing, Luna Nui o ka Metropolitan Opera, i nā mele āna i kono ai i ka Met e loaʻa i kā lākou kūleʻa mua ma waho o nā paia o ka hale kiʻiʻoniʻoni ma lalo o kāna kuleana, akā, i ka hopena, kono ʻo ia iā Farrell (ʻo ia he 40 mau makahiki. old) e hoʻokani i ka "Alceste" na Handel i ka makahiki 1960.

I ka makahiki 1962, ua wehe ka mea mele i ka manawa ma ka Met as Maddalena ma Giordano's André Chénier. ʻO Robert Merrill kāna hoa pili. Ua ʻike ʻia ʻo Farrell ma ka Met i ʻeono mau hana ma luna o ʻelima mau kau (45 mau hana ma ka huina), a ua ʻōlelo maikaʻi i ka hale kiʻiʻoniʻoni ma Malaki 1966, ʻo ia hoʻi ʻo Maddalena. He mau makahiki ma hope mai, ua ʻae ka mea mele ua manaʻo mau ʻo ia i ke kaomi ʻana mai Bing. Akā naʻe, ʻaʻole i hoʻopā ʻia ʻo ia e kahi hoʻomaka hope loa ma ke kahua kaulana: "I kēia manawa āpau ua piha wau i ka hana ma ka lekiō a ma ke kīwī paha, me nā ʻaha mele a me nā papa pau ʻole i nā studio hoʻopaʻa leo."

ʻO ka mea pena ka mea hoʻokani pila punahele ʻo New York Philharmonic season ticket soloist, a ua koho ʻo Maestro Leonard Bernstein i kāna alakaʻi punahele no ka poʻe āna e hana pū ai. ʻO kekahi o kā lākou hui pū ʻana kaulana loa ʻo ia ka hana ʻaha mele i ka makahiki 1970 o nā ʻāpana mai Wagner's Tristan und Isolde, kahi i hīmeni ai ʻo Farrell i kahi duet me ka tenor Jess Thomas (ua hoʻokuʻu ʻia kahi leo mai ia ahiahi ma CD ma 2000.)

ʻO kona holomua ʻana i ka honua o nā mele pop i hiki mai i ka makahiki 1959 i kāna hana ʻana ma ka ʻahaʻaina ma Spoleto (Italia). Hāʻawi ʻo ia i ka ʻaha mele aria maʻamau, a laila komo ʻo ia i ka hana ʻo Verdi's Requiem, a i kekahi mau lā ma hope mai, ua pani ʻo ia iā Louis Armstrong maʻi, e hoʻokani ana i nā ballads a me nā blues i kahi ʻaha mele me kāna orchestra. ʻO kēia hulina 180-degere koʻikoʻi i hana i ka manaʻo i ka lehulehu i kēlā manawa. I kona hoʻi koke ʻana i New York, ua kau inoa kekahi o nā mea hana Columbia Records, ka mea i lohe i nā ballad jazz i hoʻokani ʻia e ka soprano, ua kau inoa iā ia e hoʻopaʻa iā lākou. ʻO kāna mau mele kaulana ʻo "Ua Loaʻa iaʻu ke kuleana e hīmeni i nā Blues" a me "Eia wau e hele hou."

ʻAʻole like me nā poʻe mele opera ʻē aʻe i hoʻāʻo e hele i ka laina o nā mele kahiko, ua like ʻo Farrell me kahi mele pop maikaʻi i hoʻomaopopo i ka pōʻaiapili o nā mele.

“Pono ʻoe e hānau me ia. E puka mai a ʻaʻole paha, "i ʻōlelo ai ʻo ia i kāna kūleʻa i ka" māmā "sphere. Ua hoʻāʻo ʻo Farrell e hoʻokumu i nā canons o ka wehewehe ʻana i kāna memoir Can't Stop Singing – ka ʻōlelo, ke kūʻokoʻa rhythmic a me ka maʻalahi, ka hiki ke haʻi i kahi moʻolelo holoʻokoʻa i hoʻokahi mele.

I ka 'oihana o ka mea mele, aia kahi pili episodic me Hollywood. Ua hoʻopuka ʻia kona leo e ka mea hoʻokani pila ʻo Eleanor Parker i ke kiʻi ʻoniʻoni o ka moʻolelo ola o ka hōkū opera Marjorie Lawrence, Interrupted Melody (1955).

I nā makahiki 1970 a pau, ua aʻo ʻo Farrell i nā leo ma ke Kulanui o Indiana State, e hoʻomau ana i ka pāʻani ʻana i nā hōʻike a hiki i kahi kuli ʻeha i hoʻopau i kāna ʻoihana huakaʻi. Ua neʻe ʻo ia me kāna kāne ma 1980 e noho ma Main a kanu iā ia i ʻeono makahiki ma hope.

ʻOiai ua ʻōlelo ʻo Farrell ʻaʻole makemake ʻo ia e hīmeni ma hope o ka make ʻana o kāna kāne, ua koi ʻia ʻo ia e hoʻomau i ka hoʻopaʻa ʻana i nā CD kaulana no kekahi mau makahiki.

"Ua manaʻo wau ua mālama wau i kahi hapa o koʻu leo. No laila, he hana maʻalahi ka lawe ʻana i nā memo. Hōʻike kēia i koʻu ʻano pupule, no ka mea, ʻaʻole maʻalahi loa ia! Ua hoʻohenehene ʻo Eileen Farrell. - "A, akā naʻe, mahalo wau i ka hopena i hiki iaʻu ke hīmeni i kahi makahiki e like me koʻu" ...

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